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Coin of Antioch with bust of Septimius Severus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 193–211
Mint: Pisidia, Antioch
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 23.60 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2998
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus to right.
IMPCAESL.SEP.SEV ERVS[PERA]VG
Reverse: Mên standing, head to right, crescent behind shoulders, scepter in right hand, left elbow resting on column. On left hand, Nike on globe holding trophy. Left foot on bucranium. Cock at left.
COLCAES ANTIOCH, in field: S R
IMPCAESL.SEP.SEV ERVS[PERA]VG
Reverse: Mên standing, head to right, crescent behind shoulders, scepter in right hand, left elbow resting on column. On left hand, Nike on globe holding trophy. Left foot on bucranium. Cock at left.
COLCAES ANTIOCH, in field: S R
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963